Car-coupling



(No Model.)

F. R. WILKINS.

GAR COUPLING.

No. 303,687. Patented Aug. 19, 1884.

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UNITED STATES PATENT @Fricn,

FRANK RUSSELL VVILKINS, OF LAWRENCE, l\1[ASSAGHUSETTS.

' CAR-COUPLING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 303,687, dated August19, 1884.

Application filed July I, 1884. (No model.)

ing my invention, the nature of which is defined in the claimshereinafter presented.

In such drawings, A is a box-shaped standard, having an open bunter, E,as shown, pro- A plate, B, extends into the box, and at its middle ishinged to it, there being springs 0 arranged between.

the plate near each end of it and the bottom of the box. From suchplateB there is extended under the hunter a furcated projection, 0, oneprong, a, of which is longer than the other, I). To the shorter onethere is hinged a hooked lever, D, whose inner or unhooked arm, 0,extends into a chamber, d, in the said projection O, and is providedwith a hole, 6, to receive a pin, F, inserted downward within theprojection, and attached to a chain, 9, fastened to the hunter. The saidpin,when in place in the projection, and the hooked leverarm prevent thehook h of the lever from being moved away from the stationary prong a.One or more springs, t, extend from the projection C and bear againstthe hooked arm of the lever I) and press it toward the stationary prong.Furthermore, a lever, E, connected with such hooked lever by a chain, k,and arranged as shown, serves to enable a person to move the hookedlever in a direction away from the prong a, in order to disconnect thecoupling from the engaging-hook as generally used on cars having thewell-known Miller Platform. The engaging-hook passes between the prong aand the hook h of the lever D and couples with such hook h.

There is pivoted to the furcatcd projection C a bail, G, provided at itsmiddle with a long eye, Z, for connecting the coupling to a draw-bar, asgenerally used on cars, the eye being to enter the mouth of the draw-barand to receive the pin that usually goes down through such bar and itsmiddle. A handle, at, extending from the bail G enables a person toreadily turn the hail from a vertical up into a horizontal position, andto guide it so as to cause the eye to enter a draw-bar.

In the hook h of the lever'D there is a recess, 0, and there is in thesaid hook a hole, 12, which goes down through it and the said recess,such being to enable a car to be coupled to the coupling by means of alink extending from such car into the said recess, such link beingengaged with the hooked lever by means of a pin going down through suchlever, its recess, and the link.

The car-coupli ng above described is intended for the tender of alocomotive steam-engine, and to be used for coupling such tender eitherto a passengercar having a Miller plat-form, or to such a car having anordinary draw-bar, or to a freight-car, as circumstances may require.

\Vhen the coupling is in engagement with the hook of a car provided witha Miller platform, the hunter E will operate with the said platform tolimit the movement of the car toward the tender. As the car or thetender in running upon a railway may swing or move laterally, thesprings in the box-shaped standard' A will allow the furcated projectionC to swing laterally at-the time against a yielding pressure. When theprojection C is rigidly attached to the standardA, separation orbreakage of one or the other might result during a lateral movement, asmentioned. The chance of occurrence of such an accident is greatlydiminished when the springs are used, as described.

I claim 1. The combination of the standard A and its hunter E with thefurcated projection and with the hooked lever and its operative springor springs, such lever being fulcrumed to the shorter prong of suchprojection, and all beingjsubstantially as set forth.

2. The combination of the bail provided with the eye, as described, withthe standard and its banter and with the furcated projection and thehooked lever and its operative spring or springs, such hooked leverbeing fulcrumed to the shorter prong of such projection, and all beingsubstantially as repre- 58111166..

3. The combination of the standard A and hunter and with the fureatedprojection and the hunter E with the springs in the standard, the hookedlever and its operative spring or I 5 the fureated projection jointed tosuch standsprings, such lever being fulcrumed to and ard, and with thehooked lever and its operextended within such projection, and with it 5ative spring or springs applied to the said provided with a hole toreceive the said pin, projection, all being substantially as set forth.and also being connected with the said oper- 4. The combination of thestandard and its ative lever by a chain, all being essentially as 20bunter with the fureated projection and with specified and represented.

the hooked lever fulcruined to such projection r T V IO and having inits hook the recess and hole, as FRANK BL SSELL V described. Vitnesses:

5. The combination of the fasteningpin and It. H4. EDDY, the operativelever with the standard and its E. B. PRATT.

